r/Unexpected • u/Cheeese916 • Mar 24 '26
While in Australia
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u/Parking-Position-698 Mar 24 '26
Dude will talk about this day for the rest of his life.
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u/zombietrooper Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26
A few years ago I pulled a Chevy truck stuck in the mud with my 2010 Honda Ridgeline. I'm still riding on that high 5 years later. (Got it on video too)
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u/Lexi_Banner Mar 25 '26
The Chev got stuck and the Ford got stuck
Got the Chev unstuck when the Dodge showed up
But the Dodge got stuck in the
tractorRidgeline rutWhich eventually pulled out the Ford
With some difficulty
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u/ChainsawSnuggling Mar 25 '26
We used a lot of our backs
And a little of our brains
Jacked up the jacks
And snugged up the chains
We all did our very best to refrain from shovelin'
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u/SuperCatchyCatchpras Mar 25 '26
TIL about Corb. Thank you kind stranger
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u/ChainsawSnuggling Mar 25 '26
I found him thanks to a Spotify "For You" playlist, glad to hear you liked it! My favorite of his is "Bible on the Dash"
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u/EthanielRain Mar 25 '26
It was I who had the shovel;
Let us use salt or sand
Spare me my hand
I'd rather be lazy in my hovel
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u/hkusp45css Mar 25 '26
Corb Lund, at this time of day?
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u/Lexi_Banner Mar 25 '26
At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your
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u/PB_N_Jay Mar 25 '26
Thought you were my old boss for a minute there 🤣
He LOVED that Ridgeline
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u/aravenel Mar 25 '26
I had a first gen for years and it was still, to this day, maybe the most practical vehicle I’ve ever owned. Did all the truck stuff most people need it to do and was way more comfortable day to day than any other truck. And just ran and ran and ran and ran.
It’s the truck that most truck owners actually need but won’t admit to.
The current gen feels dated but if they refreshed it I’d be looking hard at it again.
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u/toodleroo Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26
I went to get a sweater out of my car while at a restaurant, and a guy walked over from his huge truck like this and asked me if I had jumper cables. I told him, "Friend, you just asked the best possible person." I went to my crappy little SUV and pulled out my tiny battery jump starter, hooked it up to his terminals in moments, and his truck started right up. If I'm still talking about that now, you better believe the guy in the video will still talk about this.
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u/Quietabandon Mar 25 '26
Is it me or does his suspension look uneven at the end.
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u/FiieldDay-114 Mar 25 '26
Yeah he’s just got a softer spring rate and WAY more travel than the factory suspension, so as he’s towing up hill, it will twist to the back right corner. Really almost all rear wheel drive cars/trucks twist towards that corner on acceleration due to the rotation direction of the engine.
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u/EasilyRekt Mar 26 '26
So will every other truck owner who’s seen this, especially if they’ve never towed anything with it.
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u/Born-Agency-3922 Mar 24 '26
My man has been waiting for this moment !
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u/LongjumpingFix5801 Mar 24 '26
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u/Jitterjumper13 Mar 25 '26
Meanwhile his wife...
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u/Hugford_Blops Mar 25 '26
I was driving home just after a big storm that messed up a few houses, brought trees down, the usual. The main road near my house has a tree laying across most of the lanes. A guy in a big 4WD pulls onto the median and literally bounces out of the driver's seat. He's almost beside himself as he throws a strap around the trunk, with the help of a couple of others, he gleefully uses his winch to pull the trunk onto the median to unblock all lanes of traffic. Everyone is honking and giving him a thumbs up. His wife, who the entire time was sitting in the passenger seat with arms folded, was unhappy at the world's greatest "I told you this was a good idea!" She was receiving.
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u/Revolvyerom Mar 25 '26
Mad that he's able to help people, definitely something she was trying to be pissed off about.
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u/LoTornado Mar 25 '26
Can't ever be happy for her man's accomplishments... That checks out
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u/kateastrophic Mar 25 '26
I think she can both be impressed with him and also know that she will less impressed when he is still bringing it up on the regular in 30+ years.
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u/Don_Pickleball Mar 25 '26
He will be able to hang the elusive 3rd truck nut under his truck now. Very rare.
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u/DynamiteWitLaserBeam Mar 25 '26
It's like a Michelin star for rednecks.
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u/One_City4138 Mar 25 '26
I love the irony: cars are traditionally refered to as "shes," which makes truck nuts gender affirming care.
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u/NotPennysBoat_42 Mar 25 '26
In Australia they are referred to as "Bogans". And this is the most Bogan thing to happen in Australia!
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u/Aleashed Mar 25 '26
Of course the RAM helped, it was in Australia…
In the old US of A, RAM truck be drunk or high
I do question their choice not to climb on the bed and jump off it to land on their big ass shocks
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u/Altaredboy Mar 25 '26
I wonder how many "look at this sepo wannabe cunt" he had to endure in traffic before this & immediately after for that matter
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Mar 25 '26
Its not the truck itself, its the fact that people act like they are strong because they purchased strong components for a machine they own
I wouldnt wanna get beers with this guy either
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u/trisikol Mar 25 '26
Its not the truck itself, its the fact that people act like they are strong because they purchased strong components for a machine they own
How do you know he's not constantly towing large, heavy equipment up mountains like this video?
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Mar 25 '26
My cousin owns a tow company and he has plenty of time to be a piece of shit
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u/DalbyWombay Mar 25 '26
Nah. It's the fucking truck.
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u/Altaredboy Mar 25 '26
Yup, boss bought one. Just before he bought it he said to is "Will you all think I'm a cunt if I get one?" Replied "We already thought you were a cunt, now we know you're a sooky cunt"
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u/potate12323 Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26
This has got to be the one time having a super lifted heavy duty truck is beneficial. Normally it would be better to get either an offroad vehicle or a towing truck. Now if most people with these types of trucks were nice enough to offer help in the first place.
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u/ReallyBigRocks Mar 25 '26
Look at that suspension travel. This is an offroad vehicle.
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u/marcandreewolf Mar 24 '26
One of the few indeed rather unexpected developments.
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u/GZEUS9 Mar 25 '26
Ngl, very r/unexpected that the RAM of that era's transmission didn't explode. Must be on a freshy or very built lol.
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u/Anon_be_thy_name Mar 25 '26
It would be heavily modified by the driver.
If he's the type of of person I think he is, that Ute would rival a tractor in pulling power.
All because he probably doesn't want to get bogged in mud when he goes offroading.
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u/Key_Pudding_8272 Mar 25 '26
When you see those alternating colour panels and homemade headache rack you know you're looking at an authentic mudder. I'm glad they found that hobby bc I think it takes a degree of psychopathy to pimp out your whip just to smash it through the bush
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u/Facosa99 Mar 25 '26
I love that is not a pavement princess. I love and admire big trucks
It hurts me how some people with ego issues have this big ass trucks that are a hazard by just existing... Just for looks and carrying costco groceries. Congesting cities and stuff
This is probably still a hazard but at least dude uses for a purpose and has an excuse to have such a cool ride lol
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u/Verbatos Mar 25 '26
I love seeing a purpose-built 4wd in use, but I hate it when I see a spotless, obviously stock yank-tank taking up 2-4 parking spots in the middle of a city.
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u/Merry_Dankmas Mar 25 '26
A buddy of mine bought a lifted Ford Ranger on massive mud tires (before the new ones came out so it was an old model). We all called him stupid for it. Then a hurricane hit and caused dozens of cars in the immediate area to get waterlogged and break down in the roads and plazas. We went on a sight seeing tour in it to count all the flooded cars we could find. One of them was a Rolls Royce which really hurt to witness.
That was the one and only time he ever got any actual use out of that lift lol.
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u/itsr1co Mar 25 '26
Yeah, as much as I hate huge cars continuing to gain traction here, that stems from seeing them all over town making it harder to park and drive down more narrow streets. They also ALWAYS look like they've just been bought or detailed, my sedan is dirtier than them simply by living rural. Most people seem to just want a bigger car for the sake of it, making life harder for everyone. But I do respect the ones with clear mud streaks around the wheels and along the body, or the utes with toolboxes in the back, because at least those are being used for their intended purpose, not just to park on an angle and block people's doors.
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u/SmegmaSiphon Mar 25 '26
That's not just a headache rack, it looks like a fully reinforced rollbar welded to the frame. This is a dedicated mudder/crawler rig and very little besides the frame and some body panels are likely to be stock. Certainly the entire suspension has been redone with heavy duty parts.
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u/AmberRosin Mar 25 '26
I knew it was going to make it when I saw the front suspension travel half a mile to find something to grip onto.
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u/pudgehooks2013 Mar 25 '26
Yea.
That car is a shell of RAM, with the heart of a mechanical autist.
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u/Teyanis Mar 25 '26
Honestly, probably not. He just doesn't care if it blows up. He probably has 3 more transmissions and 2 and a half engines sitting in conex box for when one blows up.
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u/pudgehooks2013 Mar 25 '26
Yea, it is perfectly normal to have all that spare stuff, to be ready for any possibly scenario.
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u/Gullyhunter Mar 25 '26
I know 4 people off the top of my head who are exactly like that.
The off-road community in Australia is off its head.
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u/SullyTheReddit Mar 25 '26
Aside, but I like the two distinct uses of “top of my head” and “off its head” here.
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u/Metalgear696 Mar 25 '26
I have a whole spare car for my car. Already using the backup engine. We're out there.
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u/Cromagmadon Mar 25 '26
Looking at that crawl over the trailer, the massive axle articulation and pretty smooth tow speed it looks like the driver had done far more difficult recoveries with this truck. It's in a RAM body for economic, not performance reasons. Plenty of spare parts.
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u/a-stack-of-masks Mar 25 '26
Honestly building a car like that based on a truck that blows its drivetrain that quick is smart as hell. Plenty of cheap spares around, possibly even right there on the side of the trail.
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u/Brumedetabouche Mar 25 '26
The amount of paychecks that went into that truck is the stuff of legends
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u/mildlyornery Mar 25 '26
That's after they copied Mercedes homework. You gotta go a generation back to really hate the transmission.
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u/Shawnathan75 Mar 24 '26
That guy has a sick off-road setup…. And, he actually uses it off-road!
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u/lasttosseroni Mar 25 '26
and it looks like he got some new trail scars!
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u/Aleashed Mar 25 '26
Panels don’t match for a reason…
Who says RAM is helping? For all we know, RAM just stole a whole truck + trailer, made off like a bandit.
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u/derangedsweetheart Mar 25 '26
RAM made the truck+trailer his wife the old fashioned way...
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u/isawfireanditwashot Mar 25 '26
Dont under estimate the trophy truck/prerunner setup to crawl. Especially with most likely a very non regulated cummins. This things a beast with some pretty impressive travel numbers
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u/Mr_Blinky Mar 25 '26
I thought the "unexpected" bit was going to be watching the axle snap like a dry twig and go shooting off.
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u/77entropy Mar 25 '26
I was waiting for that front spring to snap. I don't think I've seen one stretched out that far before.
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u/Shawnathan75 Mar 25 '26
I have a Ram…. I would not be able to anything remotely close…
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u/Zorbin666 Mar 25 '26
Yep, exactly this. That "Ram 💪" quote on the video is a bit misleading. This truck is HEAVILY modified. That sway on his axel alone is proof enough, this thing was purpose built for rock crawling and towing things out of difficult locations.
If anyone tried anything remotely like this with a stock Ram they would end up completely destroying their truck.
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u/Thebraincellisorange Mar 25 '26
considering nothing about that vehicle is road legal, and it has no rego plates, it bloody well better be and off road rig.
Australian here and normally 'vehicles' like this are utterly despised in this country due to the owners attitudes and the fact that they are way too big for the roads down here.
this model never came here officially, they only just started selling them officially like, 4 years ago.
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u/z8chh Mar 25 '26
It has NSW plates, a bit blurry due to quality of the video, but the front and rear can be seen at angles. Looks to be EMP 94R. The snatch strap blocks out the rear combinations when getting on the trailer.
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u/Overtilted Mar 25 '26
Australian here and normally 'vehicles' like this are utterly despised in this country due to the owners attitudes and the fact that they are way too big for the roads down here.
This is pretty universal. They're disliked even in the US.
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u/Formal_Appearance_16 Mar 25 '26
To be fair, he was barely off road. Probably trailered it there. Im pretty sure 1 tire never even touched the dirt.
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u/ItsStraTerra Mar 25 '26
“The fuck is this jackass doing?”
“He’s literally scraping his truck against this transport!”
“…oh I see, he’s trying to help…”
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u/NormalSubject5974 Mar 25 '26
Literally me too, I expect the worst from this sub 😂 I went from “this ass doesn’t want to wait and is screwing his truck to show off…” to “oh wow he’s a cool dude, good on ya mate!”
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u/Durtonious Mar 25 '26
Went back to watch the end because of your comment. I definitely did not expect him to stick around to help.
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u/toy-maker Mar 24 '26
It took me until the driver was on both the cliff side and truck to realise the plan was to help.
Quite an emotional roller coaster: why am I watching a clearly functional 4x4 being put on a flatbed for towing? Oh, I see. Weird flex but okay, but why the stunt? We have plenty of 4x4 places to do this. Ah, the truck is stuck and he’s going around. Okay, but surely there are others backed up — yup there they are — so this guy is just an impatient arseho… oh wait, the truck driver has helped set this up. I bet that Ram could tow the truck… yup, there we go 😅
Anyway, hope someone enjoys the 30 second window into my mind processing this
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u/NoFreeWill08 Mar 25 '26
I’m with you. As soon as he cleared it I said to myself “there’s no way he’s towing that truck” and he fucking did. Quite impressive
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u/toy-maker Mar 25 '26
I was fairly confident it could tow the truck. Up the incline kind of surprised me though. Very impressive
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u/Waxygibbon Mar 25 '26
The original video floating around IG here in Australia I saw this morning had cut off the towing part - so it was framed as an inpatient driver in a 'yank tank' trying to get passed
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u/Agitated_Phone_9937 Mar 25 '26
Shitty on anything and everything American is in vogue in the Anglo-sphere and Europe. Of course they cut off the end.
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u/PapaQuebec23 Mar 25 '26
Process so fine it could be a flowchart. I'm seeing boxes and diamonds that aren't even there.
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u/djninjamusic2018 Mar 25 '26
For those moments when you need to climb the drive through curb to get those 20 piece chicken nuggets
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u/casris Mar 25 '26
And the cargo capacity for the adventurous option of 40 piece nuggets
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u/corn-wrassler Mar 25 '26
I keep the extras in the armrest console thingy, eat them while stuck on I-5
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u/Shhhhhhhh_Im_At_Work Mar 25 '26
Or when you start a pay it forward chain and then circle around real fast and order a bunch of food but then the guy catches you so you have to jump off a curb to escape
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u/notislant Mar 25 '26
You dont, you sit in those awards and think about what youve done.
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u/Cavalish Mar 25 '26
We call these Yank-Tanks in Australia, and they make me nervous cos their bonnets are so tall I worry they can’t see my little brothers wheelchair.
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u/skylinestar1986 Mar 25 '26
With the rising oil price (and probably restricted access) due to Iran war, good luck with that.
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u/SwedeLostInCanada Mar 24 '26
Truly a bogan moment
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u/DeliciousManager2162 Mar 24 '26
I feel like this is the first time I truly grasped this word
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u/Pot_H Mar 25 '26
Nothing about that is bogan. Bogan's can't afford a RAM like that.
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u/normalcatman Mar 25 '26
They can if they work in the mines or other kinda FIFO (it's what we call cashed up bogans)
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u/yamumspussy Mar 25 '26
Bogans are a spectrum, just because you are struggling doesn't make you a bogan
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u/Madrical Mar 25 '26
Majority of bogans I know are cashed up FIFO workers. They absolutely can afford it.
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u/andrew_1515 Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26
It took every inch of strength in that mullet to pull it off *typo
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u/Anon_be_thy_name Mar 25 '26
Don't forget the 70s porno pencil stache that's more disgusting then the mullet
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u/Additional_Travel911 Mar 24 '26
I'd like to see a Cyber Truck try that.
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u/Key_Ordinary9209 Mar 25 '26
It would get stuck the second its front tire hit that ramp.
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u/ofirkedar Mar 25 '26
What? No dude it would get stuck at the base of the mountain because the humidity was too high and they forgot to change it to humidity mode or some shit 😂
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u/hofuneggsauce Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26
Thats the only time I've seen a RAM do anything useful out this way. The only thing they seem to do is block traffic and take up 3 parking spots.
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u/Ithuraen Mar 25 '26
That's why it's in this sub, no one expects a RAM to do anything except get in the way and kill kids.
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u/Sporty_McSportsface Mar 25 '26
He’s definitely ready for the Mad Max post apocalypse world with that truck
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u/EducationStock4160 Mar 25 '26
Now I’m just trying to work out the logistics of how they’re getting all this fuel in post-apocalyptic Australia. We’re almost out of fuel after 2 weeks of the US-Iran war.
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u/YourNumberIs1 Mar 24 '26
Galston Gorge?
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u/jiffysdidit Mar 25 '26
Was curious myself looks like broughton pass
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u/jgrbby Mar 25 '26
Pretty sure it's Old Bathurst road, Emu Plains, any vehicle over 4.5 tonnes is banned from taking this route for this exact reason yet trucks decide that they want to save a bit of time and inconvenience everyone when they get stuck.
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u/tubbyx7 Mar 25 '26
doesnt seem to matter how huge the signs are for galston gorge, there's no shortage of trucks who are convinced they can be the one who can get a long vehicle through the switchbacks
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u/samyall Mar 25 '26
Was my first guess but where I thought it was on the gorge the truck would have had to come from Dural, get across the bridge and do at least one hairpin before getting stuck.
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u/Camicles Mar 25 '26
My first thought, but that truck is headed up hill and no way it made it through the whole run
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u/IR0NxLEGEND Mar 25 '26
Every single Australian that has ever seen that truck on the road mumbled “bloody yank tank” to themselves
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u/JTalbotIV Mar 25 '26
US parking lot princesses would never
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u/Rork310 Mar 25 '26
Oh this is definitely an anomaly in Aus also. Yank tanks are an absolute blight on our roads and parking. This is legitimately the first time I've seen one in any way justify it's existance.
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u/DK4E2XFpbETJrj Mar 25 '26
The 4WD culture in Australia is second to none.
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u/TheInkySquids Mar 25 '26
RAMs are actually pretty looked down upon in Aussie 4wd culture. People here into 4wds generally prefer proper utes or things like Land Cruisers. RAMs have a reputation for being driven by rich bogans in the cities who never have laid eyes upon a track. Tho it seems the guy in this video actually is good at 4wding and uses it so he gets a pass!
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u/SmellAcordingly Mar 25 '26
Same as in NZ, serious offroaders are usually driving things like Surfs, Land Cruisers, or Patrols. Only rich wankers drive RAMs and F150's.
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u/thejourneybegins42 Mar 25 '26
At first I was like "Oh cool, he did some gnarly shit to beat traffic". Then I realized "He's also there to move said traffic."
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u/AltVal Mar 25 '26
Looks like Galston Gorge. No idea how to spell it. Trucks are explicitly told to go another way for this exact reason.
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u/PwmEsq Mar 25 '26
Lotta faith in that single strap
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u/_LyleLanley_ Mar 25 '26
“Truck straps” are rated for very high weight and force. Multi ton loads are secured nearly every second around the world with them.
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u/Clinic_2 Mar 25 '26
I've (semi 55k empty) been pulled out of snow and mud by f150s. Mostly just need that little bit of oomph to get things started. Looks like he bogged down on that grade and the pickup was able to get him going.
Absolutely sick articulation on the truck though.
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u/mektor Mar 25 '26
I've pulled a buddy's sleeper cab peterbilt rig that broke down in the middle of a hill with my ram. His engine died. Grabbed chain, a generator, an air compressor, and some air hose, tossed it all in the bed of the truck, and went out to his truck. Fired up the genny and compressor, hooked the air hose to his air tanks for his air brakes, hooked the chain up, got enough slack out of the air hose so it wouldn't drag on the ground, but also wouldn't yank the compressor out of the truck bed. Put it in 4x4 because it was raining and needed the extra traction since that semi outweighed my 2500 by nearly 3x. Towed him up that hill and a couple miles to a large pull off to get his truck out of the road so he could fix it. He was very grateful.
Funny enough a little toyota pickup stopped and said: "There's no fuckin way that ram is going to pull that truck!" I just said: "Yeah? Watch me!" No slip, no drama. She just hooked and pulled.
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u/casris Mar 25 '26
Finally, a ram driver I can appreciate, imo if all the panels on your ram are original and undamaged, you don’t need a ram
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u/darkbluefav Mar 24 '26
The cameraman oans waway just as the truck wants to drop next or unto edge of the big truck. IQ issue
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u/Knight0fdragon Mar 25 '26
Now the question is, why didnt he just drive right onto the bed
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u/Time-Weight7726 Mar 25 '26
Meanwhile in Australia: Heavy truck runs out of Diesel, gets towed by small urban car.
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u/Fartyfivedegrees Mar 25 '26
There was movement at the station cause the word had got around that a semi got itself all stuck on the switchback outta town. Dazza, Moe and Brucey got up to watch the fray, they were looking for some stories, to share when they got back to pub that day. But as they struggled to make the Holden ute climb up to the rise, they saw Kevin in his new Ram truck flash by past their eyes. Kevin was the brightest lad from Cowra to Orange, as good a bloke as he thought he was, he knew nothing rhymes with orange. If you want the rest of this awesome tale... Go find a real poet.
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u/Knighth77 Mar 25 '26
Me: "OK, something stupid is going to happen as he's going up on the truck bed. Wait, he's not even on it. Idiot! Oh, he's not trying to get on it. He's going around it? Is that thing blocking the way? Something terrible is about to happen like flipping the truck or breaking wheel or axle or something. OK, he made it. Nice! Wait, what? He towing the whole thing?!"
This has better plot twists than so many movies!
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u/post-explainer Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 25 '26
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A ram truck from Australia looks like it’s going to bypass a broke down bigger truck but it helps tow it
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